Side-liner for truck-boxes.



R. EEESTON. SIDE LINER FOR 'mno/K Bums.

APPLICATION FILED P2323, 1911, jiage Fatented Mar. w, wifi..

R. ERESTON.

UCK BOXES.

SIDE LNER FOR TR APPLICATION FILED PEB. 23, 1911.

l Patented Mar. 1G, 1914.

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SIDE-'LNER lFOR TRUCK-BOXES.

To @ZZ whom 'if' may cor/,ocra

.Be it known that l, ltonn'r PRESTON, of the city ot llvlinnipeg7 in the Province of ltl'anitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful linproveinents in Side-Liners tor f lfruclcloxes, of which the following is the. specilication. i

My invention relates to a side liner for truck boxes particularly adapted to railway i use7 and the .object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed7 1nexpens1ve,

larly described and later pointed out in the l appended clan'ns.

Figure 1 is a side elevation ot a portion ot a truclt with the tru/:lt loon supplied `with my invention. Fig. is a plan `view oi 'the saine. 3 is an enlarged detailed side elevation ot a truck. box with i'ny liner applied. Fig. 4l is a plan view ot the same. Fig. a liront elevation. Fig. 6 is a hori- Zontal sectional vien' through `the bon and liner., the section being taken in the plane denoted by the line '1li-X2 Fig. 5.

.ln the drawings like characters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in cach ligure.

Il represents a truck trame, which truck thepedestals 2 and 3 between erted the truck boi; el.

i a bottoni brace secured by bolts (l to the lower ends ot' the pedestals and supportine; the cellar bei: 7 as well as the truck box. The truck bor. is in the form ot an open sided rectangle having1 vertically directed Sides 8 and l), and a top 1t), the open bottom admitting of tbe cellar bon which carries the usual oil and waste. The top ot the truck box is recessed at 11 and 12 to receive the equalizer bars 13 and lll and the sides are shaped te contorni to and receive the pedestals se that 'the box prevented from side-play.

-. lis the truck axle which is carried within the box and is provided with truck wheels Specification. of :Letters Patent.

Application filed February 23, 1911.

/"r Patented Mar. .d/914.

serial no. 610,407.

16 having the sides adjoining the boxes faced as at 17.

The parts above described are ot ordinary construction and toim no part ot' my invention. l have not described them in detail as they will be readily understood by one familiar with truck construction.

In actual practice it is found that the truck box becomes worn to such an extent owing to the face 17 ot the wheel 16 continually rubbing against it, that it has to be renewed. ylhis is quite an expensive operation, as it takes considerable time, and 1n order to avoid the continual loss of truckboxings in this way and the expense incurred in replacing them, l have devised the liner as now described, which liner comprises in reality a. bronze plate which is in serted between the face 17 of the wheel and the adjoining face of the truck box. The plate is worn by the continual rubbing of the wheel but the boxV is preserved.

18 represents the plate or liner which is constructed to lit the face of the box adjoining the wheel, and has vthe central portion thereof cnt away at 19 to span the aide 15. The sides of the plate are' fitted with flanges orturned back edges 20 and 21, and the flanges are supplied with wedgeshaped projections 22 and which hear against the sides of the truck box, the sides being inclined or beveled at 2li and 25 to receive them slidably. Shoulders Z6 are termed on the box, which shoulders abut the lower ends of thewedge-shaped projections, thereby preventing the plate from passing,r downwardly too far when it is applied on the truck box. Stop pieces 27 are formed on the upper edge of the plate, which stop pieces engage with the top of the box and limit its downward movement. The flanges 2O and 21 are enlarged at the bottom and are fitted with openings which -reccive a cross pin termed a cellar pin, which passes through the base of the truck box and also through the cellar box. lt is to be understood that this pin is at present employed for holding),` the 'cellar box in the truck box, and in thc present instance l utilize it t'or holdingr the plate or liner against upward displacement. `With my invention applied to a truck, it will be seen that as soon as the liner becomes badly worn, it is only necessary to remove the cellar pin and slide the liner upwardly until it is completely tree or" the box vwhen it can be removed and a new one inserted in its Place.

The side liner or plate just described is especially adapted for engine truck boxes and drivin Wheel boxes of locomotives. A box of this kind has been shown in the drawings.

What I claim as my invent-ion is:

1. The combination with a box having similar shoulders formed on the opposite sides thereof and the faces of the box above the shoulders beveled, of a plate fitting the face of the box and provided With backturned anges tting against the edges of the box, said flanges being supplled with Wedge shaped projections bearing normally slidably against the beveled faces aforesaid of the box and engaging with the shoulders, stops carried by the plate and engageable with the top of the box and a releasable pin passing through the lower ends or the i'ianges and securing the plate to the box, as g and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a journal-box, Wheel and axle, of a Wear plate interposed between the wheel-hub andy adjacent end of the journal-box, said Wear plate having inturned flanges embracing the journal-box, guide-oonnections between said flanges and the lateral surfaces oi' the outer end portion of the journal-box, and means connecting said angesand the journal-box beneath the axle to seciire the Wear-plate against acci dental dislodgment.

Signed at Vlinnipeg,` inthevProvince of Manitoba, this 19th day of December, 1910.

f ROBERT PRESTON.

In the presence of- G. S. RoxBURGH, J. K. ELxIN. 

